Fishing-reel.



No. 841,796. PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.- T. J. LLEWELLYN & J. E. PFLUEGBR.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED 00125, 1906.

UNITED sTA' s PATENT OFFICE.

' J THOMAS J. LLEWELLYN AND JOSEPH IE. PFLUEGER, OF AKRON, OHIO,

ASSIGNORS TO THE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF AKRON, OHIO, ACORPORATION OF OHIO.

FlSH|NG-REEL.

Specificatibn of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, THOMAS J, LLEW- ELLYN and JOSEPH E. PFLUEGER,citizens of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county ofSummit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inFishing-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to fishing-reels and similar devices, andespecially relates to the 'windin drums on which the line is Wound; anit has for its object the construction of a reel or drum for devices ofthe class named which will be strong, durable, efiicient 111 use, andcomparatively easy and cheap to manufacture.

The invention more particularly aims to provide new and improved meansfor uniting the disks forming the sides to the axle portion of the drumand to secure increased strengthto said union over the means. nowcustomarily employed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination, and arrangement of partsconstituting the invention to be hereinafter referred to,'andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, in which is shown the preferred embodiment of theinvention; but it is to be understood that changes, variations, andmodifications can be resorted to which come Within the scope of theclaim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numeralsindicate like parts in the difierent figures, Figure 1 is'a sideelevation of the drum portion of a fishing-reel in the rocess ofmanufacture with portions thereo in section to better illustrate theconstruction thereof. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing thedrum portion after completion; and '3 is an end view looking from theright of Fi 2. In the drawings t e reference-numeral 1 indicates a shaftprovided with conicallyformed ends adapted to rest in suitable bearmg inthe reel-frame. Secured centrally on the shaft is a sleeve 2,customarily made of a material not readily aflected by -:moi sture.

so mounted on the'shaft at opposite ends of the sleeve 2 are a pair ofsimilarlyconon the shaft 1 they are placed in the position indicated inFig. 1 with a portion of the enlarged part of the shaft projectingbeyond the outside faces of the flanges 3 4, and in order to securethese three elements in proper position and prevent their rotation onthe shaft 1 as an axle the shoulders 5 are upset or wiped down over theflanges 3. 4 to such an extent as to eliminate the shoulder 5 and make asmooth joint between the exterior of the shaft 1 and the outer faces ofthe flanges 3 4, thereby securely compressing the flanges 3 4 againstthe sleeve 2, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In order to secure. the side disks designated in the drawings by thereference-numerals 6 and 7 to the outer faces of the flanges 3 4, anannular ridge or flange 8 (shown best in Fig. 1) is formed on theflanges. The

disks 6 and 7 are formed preferably in a concavo-convex shape, with acentral opening of such diameter as to nicely fit over the outerperiphery of the annular ridge 8 and to lie in contacting relation withthe outside of the flanges 3 4, surrounding the ridge 8. These ridges 8are considerably wider than the thickness of the material 'of which thedisks 6 and 7 are composed, and in order to secure the disks fixedly tothe flanges 3 4 the material of which the ridges are composed is spun orupset .outwardly over the adjacent portion of the disks, as shown inFig. 2, and with suflicient pressure to tightly clamp the portions ofthe disks immediately surrounding the central aperture thereof betweenthe upset ridges 8 and the outer faces of the flanges 3 4. This unionbetween the disks 6 and 7 and the flanges 3 4 is so. nearly perfect asto render any danger of the disks be ing torn from their mountingscomparatively insignificant. The drum thus constructed is then mountedin the reel-frame in the ordinary manner. a

. It will be obvious that in manufacturing this device it is entirelywithin the scope of this inventionto form the sleeve 2 and hubs 3 4 inone piece; but experience has shown that it is cheaper to make themseparately.

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It will be noted that the uniting of fhe clamped against the side ofsaid flange when disks to the flanges at a considerable distancefrolnthe axial line of the shaft 1 will be productive of a much moresecure union 5 than if this joint were made at apoint immediatelysurrounding the shaft itselfp hat we claim, andv desire to secure byLetters Patent, is p A reel-drum comprising a side flange pro- 10 videdwith an annular projecting ridge capable of being upset and a perforateddisk fitting over said annular ridge arranged to be said ridge is upset,whereby said-disk is fixedly secured in position.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. p

THOMAS J. LLEWELLY'N. JOSEPH E. PFLUEGER.

Witness es:

G. A. PF EGER, O. E. HUMPHREY.

